Hart Middle School

Hart Middle School is a four-year high school of well-populated scale in ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan, operated by Rochester Community School District, enrolling 999 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 117% above the state mean of about 460.

Rochester Community School District runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 14,592 students. Hart Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hart Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Hart Middle School logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

With demographic context factored in, Hart Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Hart Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stoney Creek High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hart Middle School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hart Middle School's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,126 (now 999). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 today.

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